The NASP Family, School, and Community Partnering Interest Group is excited to announce a call for nominations for the Family, School, and Community Partnering Recognition Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a NASP member who exemplifies family, school, and community partnering in their work.

Practitioners, researchers, and trainers are encouraged to send nominations (including self-nominations) to Andy Garbacz at sgarbacz@wisc.edu. Nominations are due by January 17, 2017. Each nomination should include a statement of nominee qualifications (2-page maximum) relative to the following five criteria: (1) Scholarship or applied work focuses on family, school, and community partnering; (2) Quality of family, school, and community partnering activities; (3) Quantity of family, school, and community partnering activities; (4) Family, school, and community partnering activities include increasing the capacity for partnering (e.g., training district coaches); and (5) Family, school, and community partnering activities are aligned with empirically-validated strategies.